Former President Donald Trump didn’t wait till polls have been closed on Election Day to start out attacking the media.
On Tuesday, Trump appeared irate that Fox had aired latest footage of TV legend Oprah Winfrey, who’d recommended the evening earlier than that if Trump have been to retake the White Home, “it’s completely attainable that we’ll not have the chance to ever forged a poll once more.”
“I feel it’s ridiculous,” Trump said of Winfrey’s remarks after casting his personal vote in Florida.
The presidential candidate stated he was “upset” in Winfrey for warning concerning the risks of a second Trump time period whereas stumping for his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, at a Monday rally in Philadelphia.
“I feel Oprah’s grow to be a serious divider in our nation, and I feel frankly she ought to be ashamed of herself,” he continued, earlier than pivoting his criticism away from the previous speak present host.
“You understand who else ought to be ashamed? Fox,” he went on. “I’ve seen Oprah on Fox about 50 instances making the identical assertion, and I feel it’s a shame what Fox does.”
“Everybody thinks Fox is so pro-Trump,” he stated. “They’re not pro-Trump in any respect. They’ve put Oprah on all morning lengthy.”
It’s not secret that Fox News, owned by the Fox Corp., has a conservative bent. However Trump has laid into the community a number of instances in latest months over perceived slights.
When Fox Information lined Harris’ remarks after she visited the southern U.S. border in September, he claimed that the community shouldn’t have been “allowed” to air feedback from the Democrat’s marketing campaign cease.
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“It’s all lies. It’s all lies,” he said at a rally in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. “All the pieces she stated is a lie.”
Weeks later, he stated that Fox Information had “totally lost its way” after it introduced a deliberate interview between Harris and anchor Bret Baier, complaining a couple of Harris aide’s appearances on the community.